For two weeks Randy Griffin has been preparing in arena’s gym in Hamburg for his fight on October 20th in Halle/Westfalen (Germany) against WBA middleweight champion Felix Sturm. Now the “Gentleman” is ready to go: “I can’t wait to step into the ring. My sparring with Alpaslan Agüzüm and Kofi Jantuah was great. I am going to blow away Sturm.”
Regardless of what happens inside the ring there may be a thunderstorm coming in at the ringside. Griffin’s management would like to see arena-CEO Ahmet Öner sitting in the first row, however Öner is barred from all Universum events.
more here: http://www.fightnews.com/arena09.htm
I post this mainly because of the feud between arena-CEO Ahmet Öner and Klaus Peter Kohl of
UniversumBoxPromotion...
I think it started in 2004 when Universum boxer Luan Krasniqi fougth Sinan Samil Sam,who was/is promoted by Öner...After a close point decision for Krasniqi Öner attacked Kohl blaming him for the loss
of his fighter...Then at the beginning of this year Öner attended an Universum event and was part
of a brawl at ringside...later he claimed that Kohl sent Neonazi to beat him and his entourage up,while
Kohl claimed that after repeated provocation of the event security by Öner the same was asked to leave and then became violent...And now Öner supports Felix Sturms (Universum boxer) opponent
Griffin...
Entertaing or childish behavior ?!?
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